A recent survey from F5 indicates that the cloud computing movement is making significant headway despite what some may see as mere fluff and hype. The survey, comprised of employees from large enterprises (2500+ employees), indicated that 82% of respondents are in some stage of public cloud use/trial and that 83% were in some stage of private cloud use/trial. Apparently, at least for the respondents in this survey, cloud computing has officially arrived. If we are to believe that cloud computing adoption is on a serious up-tick, what should we look to as the next wave or focus in the cloud space? For my money, I think cloud conversations need to move from talking about harnessing servers or application infrastructure in a cloud to simply talking about applications in a cloud. The state of the cloud computing art should be driving towards an application-centric view o... (more)

20 Year Old Localization Company, Jonckers, Announces the Appointment of David Ashton as the New Vice President of Client Solutions

Brussels, Belgium, March 27, 2014 --(PR.com)-- Jonckers is pleased to announce the appointment of David Ashton as the new company Vice President of Client Solutions. Ashton will be charged with the task of leading a consultative selling organization and creating innovative service and technology solutions for clients. Jonckers, a prominent leader in the Localization industry, provides customized linguistic, cultural, and technical translation and localization solutions to companies seeking to expand into global markets. The company is celebrating its 20th birthday in 2014. Ashton comes to Jonckers with extensive expertise in both the Localization and Software industries. He is an alumni of Vignette (acquired by OpenText), Surgient (acquired by Quest) and OpenPages (acquired by IBM). In 2006 he joined SDL, developing enterprise solutions for clients that combined SDL... (more)

In 2014 Big Data Investments Will Account for Nearly $30 Billion - Eventually Accounting for $76 Billion by 2020 End

DALLAS, Aug. 21, 2014 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Amid the proliferation of real time data from sources such as mobile devices, web, social media, sensors, log files and transactional applications, Big Data has found a host of vertical market applications, ranging from fraud detection to R&D.; Photo - http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20140821/138541 "Big Data Market: 2014 – 2020 – Opportunities, Challenges, Strategies, Industry Verticals & Forecasts" Key Findings: In 2014 Big Data vendors will pocket nearly $30 Billion from hardware, software and professional services revenues Big Data investments are further expected to grow at a CAGR of nearly 17% over the next 6 years, eventually accounting for $76 Billion by the end of 2020 The market is ripe for acquisitions of pure-play Big Data startups, as competition heats up between IT incumbents Nearly every large scale IT ven... (more)

Gemini Systems LLC Wins Prestigious IBM Lotus Award

ORLANDO, Fla., Jan. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Gemini Systems LLC today announced that it has been awarded the IBM Lotus Award in the Best IBM WebSphere Portal or IBM Mashup Center category for the 15th annual IBM Lotus Awards. This has been awarded to Gemini Systems for their work on the TFANet social extranet solution built for Teach For America. Additionally, Gemini Systems was recognized as a finalist for the TFANet solution in two other award categories: Best Community Service and IBM Lotus Breakout Technology. The IBM Lotus Awards recognize exceptional IBM PartnerWorld members that specialize in Lotus software solutions and have excelled at providing quality products, innovative solutions and superior services to customers. For the 2010 Lotus Awards, hundreds of applications were received from more than 30 countries around the world. TFANet serves as a social ext... (more)

TAB Bank Selects Vormetric to Meet FDIC Membership Requirement

Click to tweet: @TABBank selects #Vormetric #encryption to meet FDIC security requirements http://bit.ly/HE9OcT. Vormetric, Inc., the leader in enterprise systems encryption and key management, today announced that TAB Bank has deployed Vormetric Data Security to comply with PCI DSS (payment card industry data security standard), which is a requirement for achieving FDIC membership. Vormetric is providing encryption and key management for TAB Bank to protect online and archived data across a highly virtualized IT infrastructure. TAB Bank selected Vormetric for its easy to use policy management system and transparent architecture which did not require any modifications the bank’s applications or IT environment. TAB Bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of FJ Management, Inc. and currently provides working capital, equipment financing and deposit products to a wide vari... (more)

Semiconductor Research Corporation to Celebrate 30 Years of Leading University Technology Research at Annual TECHCON Conference

Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC), the world's leading university-research consortium for semiconductors and related technologies, is poised to celebrate its 30th anniversary at its annual TECHCON conference Sept. 10-11. Hosted in Austin, Texas, the technology conference features next-generation research progress among hundreds of university students, faculty and industry experts. The conference brings together the brightest minds in microelectronics research to exchange news about the progress of new materials and processes created by SRC’s network of more than 100 of the top engineering universities. At the conference, SRC will also celebrate its 30-year anniversary of successful collaboration between industry leaders and university researchers to conduct basic research intended to accelerate semiconductor advancements that enable future generations of ch... (more)

Badgeville Surpasses 200 Customers and Celebrates Second Anniversary

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Oct. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Badgeville, the #1 gamification and behavior management platform, today announced that just two years after the company's launch it has signed its 200th customer, adding industry leaders Citrix Systems, DocuSign, Autodesk, Restaurant.com, Ask.com, EMC, and more to its global client base. The company's recent client wins and product launches cement its position as the #1 Platform serving the diverse gamification industry, which, according to M2 Research, is expected to reach $2.8B by 2016. Launched at TechCrunch Disrupt in Q4 2010, Badgeville has grown into not only the leading gamification platform in the world, but also one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies in Silicon Valley. The company has raised a total of $40M, including a $25M Series C led by InterWest Partners announced in May of 2012. Badgeville also r... (more)

A Top Litigation Attorney May Be the Only Antidote to Patent Confusion

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Adli Law Group, P.C. would like to point out yet another reason why the work of an outstanding intellectual property (IP) litigation attorney is never done. You would think such major high-tech firms as IBM, Google, General Electric, Samsung, Adobe, and Facebook would be in agreement on a proposed new law – called the Innovation Act – intended to squelch so-called patent trolls, operations which exist solely to manufacture grounds to threaten lawsuits against legitimate companies for patent infringement. However, the bill has divided these major players because of concerns by some that it could open up a loophole that actual patent infringers could hide behind. Of course, this kind of legal confusion transcends patents and extends to all IP law. As a leading firm for an outstanding patent, trademark, business, and copyright... (more)

AGC and Computer Guidance Renew Strategic Partnership

Computer Guidance Corporation, the leading developer of financial and project management software solutions for architecture, engineering and construction companies, today announced the renewal of its partnership with the Associated General Contractors (AGC) of America as part of AGC’s Affinity Partner program. Computer Guidance remains the choice of construction management software for members of the AGC, delivering its innovative and feature-rich solution with exclusive pricing for AGC members, and providing royalties to AGC chapters. The AGC partnership remains a central part of Computer Guidance’s go-to-market strategy, while demonstrating its commitment to the construction industry. As part of this agreement, Computer Guidance actively participates in a variety of AGC programs and supports the outreach efforts of the AGC among its members. “This partnership a... (more)

Aternity® Releases Mobile Analytics Platform for End User Experience Management

Aternity Inc., the industry’s leader in providing End User Experience Management (EUEM) for any app running on physical, virtual, and mobile devices, announced new mobile capabilities that provide advanced analytics for monitoring and troubleshooting End User Experience and mobile app performance issues. These latest advancements will be showcased at this week’s Apps World North America 2014 and again later this month at Mobile World Congress. Aternity for Mobile provides a comprehensive End User Experience Management and tag-free Mobile Application Performance Monitoring for all types of iOS and Android apps. With its advanced analytics, Aternity for Mobile monitors and analyzes mobile app, device and network metrics, and dynamically alerts and reports on them by Location, Carrier, Device Type, Operating System, Target Server, etc. Through a single, unified analy... (more)

Entity Announces Sponsorship of Gartner Enterprise Information & Master Data Management Summit

Entity Group, the leading independent specialist in the provision of Information Management, Data Governance, and Master Data Management services and solutions to large enterprises across EMEA, today announced its Silver Sponsorship of the Gartner Enterprise Information & Master Data Management Summit, on 12th-13th March 2014, in London. The event is widely acknowledged as the pivotal forum for the latest insights, frameworks and best practices across fundamental MDM competencies and the broader enterprise information management landscape. Also being presented at the event is the award-winning implementation of London Borough of Camden’s ‘residents Index.’ Entity has, in partnership with IBM and SCISYS, implemented IBM’s InfoSphere Master Data Management throughout the borough. This prestigious award, announced on 6th March at Kable Government Computing, recognises... (more)